Motivational SpeakersFelicity Aston MBE is a polar explorer, speaker and the first woman to ski solo across Antarctica, sharing lessons in resilience and determination.
Her 1744km, 59-day journey, completed in January 2012, also made her the first person to do so purely by muscle power, without the aid of kites or machines.
In 2009 Fiona led the 38-day, 911km Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, the largest and most international women’s team ever to ski to the South Pole.
The team included women from Brunei Darussalam, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Singapore, and New Zealand.
Felicity selected and trained this diverse, multicultural team of ‘ordinary’ women for one of Earth’s most arduous journeys.
Her book about the expedition, ‘Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole’ was published in 2011.
Previously, Felicity Aston has led several other notable expeditions including:
- The first British women’s crossing of Greenland
- 700km winter crossing of Lake Baikal in a Siberian winter
- An expedition in Iceland for young people with a brain injury.
- A member of the first all-female team to complete the Polar Challenge, a 500km race to the magnetic north pole.
Trained as a Physicist and Meteorologist, Felicity’s first polar experience was as a scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. Based for three years at a remote research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, she monitored climate and ozone.
In 2013, Felicity Aston spent a month flying across North America in an airship, co-presenting a two-part BBC Science documentary about the atmosphere called ‘Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies’, and in 2016, retraced the route of the 1898 Klondike Goldrush across the Yukon, co-presenting a documentary mini-series for BBC History. She has since taken part in numerous independent films, including a climate-change film by Groundtruth Productions for COP26 and Exposure, and a Holly Morris film about Felicity’s 2018 Euro-Arabian North Pole expedition project.
“Your presentation was perfection; honest and thought-provoking”
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Felicity Aston Motivational Speaker:
As a motivational speaker, Felicity Aston has shared stories of her adventures with audiences worldwide.
Each presentation is uniquely tailored with absolute flexibility and is accompanied by stunning expedition photography and footage.
Felicity’s presentations have a lasting impact on audiences.
